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NBA MLK 2027 Schedule for LeBron's 76ers, Brunson's Knicks, KD's Rockets and Every Game Released

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Updated Aug 13, 11:39 AM ET

The 2026-27 NBA schedule release continued on Wednesday with the league dropping information on an NBC Sports quartet of games that will take place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, Jan. 18).

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Tyrese Haliburton: "I Will Be Ready For The Season"

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Updated Aug 13, 10:23 AM ET

Barring any setbacks, Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton plans to be ready for the start of the new season, writes Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star. Haliburton, who has been sidelined since tearing his Achilles in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals, updated his condition during a media availability for a Pacers Foundation charity softball […]

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Ethan Thompson Set To Leave Pacers For Partizan

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Updated Aug 13, 5:09 PM ET

Indiana Pacers guard Ethan Thompson is reportedly set to leave the team to sign with Partizan in Serbia. Several European outlets have reported that Thompson is set to join the Serbian power after he secures a release from his two-way contract with the Indiana Pacers. The 6-foot-4 guard spent most of last season with the Pacers on a two-way deal. In 32 NBA games, Thompson averaged 7.0 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. In 16 total G League games, the 27-year-old averaged 26.9 points, 6.3 rebou...

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Bradley Beal To Re-Sign With Clippers On Two-Year Deal

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Updated Aug 14, 2:32 PM ET

Free agent guard Bradley Beal is re-signing with the Clippers on a two-year, $13.2MM contract, agent Mark Bartelstein tells Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). The second season will feature a player option, which is partially guaranteed for $3MM, according to Law Murray of The Athletic (Twitter link). More to come…

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Draymond Green suggests dangerous precedent in Kawhi Leonard, Clippers scandal

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Updated Aug 13, 8:59 PM ET

Draymond Green has never been shy about challenging the NBA’s power structure, and the Golden State Warriors veteran is now taking aim at one of the league’s foundational economic rules: the salary cap. Discussing the NBA’s investigation into alleged salary-cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers, Green argued that a light punishment...

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Lakers set for surprising amount of national TV games despite LeBron James’ exit

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Updated Aug 13, 10:42 PM ET

The Lakers are set to begin their first season without LeBron James since the 2017-2018 season, and are ready to fully embrace the Luka Doncic era. Clearly, the NBA still sees plenty of value with Los Angeles to be shown in the national spotlight quite often. During the NBA’s schedule release on Thursday afternoon, it...

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Kendrick Perkins drops wildly ludicrous take on Lakers’ 2026 expectations

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Updated Aug 13, 11:49 PM ET

Kendrick Perkins believes the Los Angeles Lakers should enter the 2026-27 season with championship expectations, even if he still has serious doubts about how the roster is built around Luka Dončić.

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Stephen A. Smith makes bold prediction on Rob Pelinka’s future

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Updated Aug 13, 5:59 PM ET

Times are changing for the Los Angeles Lakers, and they’re changing fast after the team was sold by Mark Walter to former Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger and venture capitalist Josh Kushner. With so much happening so fast for the organization, television personalities have offered strong opinions. None stronger than Stephen A. Smith, who believes...

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